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Beginning in late October 2023, an intense series of earthquakes in and around Grindavík prompted the evacuation of the town, as a large underground magmatic intrusion indicated that an eruption in the area was imminent.<ref name="Vedur">{{Cite web |title=Magma intrusion possibly extending beneath Grindavík {{!}} News |url=https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/a-seismic-swarm-started-north-of-grindavik-last-night |access-date=11 November 2023 |website=Icelandic Meteorological office |language=en |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111043942/https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/a-seismic-swarm-started-north-of-grindavik-last-night |url-status=live }}</ref> The eruption began on 18 December at 10pm local time, northeast of Grindavík at the [[Sundhnúkur]] crater row.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Darren |date=2023-12-18 |title=Eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula - RÚV.is |url=https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-12-18-eruption-on-reykjanes-peninsula-399922/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=RÚV}}</ref>
Further brief effusive eruptions with a very rapid outflow of large quantities of lava took place on 14 January
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